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Imaging the low-frequency radio Sun is an intrinsically challenging problem. Meter-wavelength solar emission spans angular scales from a few arcminutes to a few degrees. These emissions show temporal and spectral variability on a sub-second…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-22 Devojyoti Kansabanik

The future of cm and m-wave astronomy lies with the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a telescope under development by a consortium of 17 countries that will be 50 times more sensitive than any existing radio facility. Most of the key science…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-25 Simon Johnston , Ilana J. Feain , Neeraj Gupta

The interferometric technique known as peeling addresses many of the challenges faced when observing with low-frequency radio arrays, and is a promising tool for the associated calibration systems. We investigate a real-time peeling…

We present observations of high-amplitude rapid (2 s) variability toward two bright, compact extragalactic radio sources out of several hundred of the brightest radio sources in one of the 30x30 deg MWA Epoch of Reionization fields using…

Detection of the fluctuations in 21 cm line emission from neutral hydrogen during the Epoch of Reionization in thousand hour integrations poses stringent requirements on calibration and image quality, both of which necessitate accurate…

The science cases for incorporating high time resolution capabilities into modern radio telescopes are as numerous as they are compelling. Science targets range from exotic sources such as pulsars, to our Sun, to recently detected possible…

We present a broadband map of polarized diffuse emission at 167-198 MHz developed from data from the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). The map is designed to improve visibility simulation and precision calibration for 21 cm Epoch of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-17 Ruby Byrne , Miguel F. Morales , Bryna Hazelton , Ian Sullivan , Nichole Barry , Christene Lynch , Jack L. B. Line , Daniel C. Jacobs

The wide adoption of low-frequency radio interferometers as a tool for deeper and higher resolution astronomical observations has revolutionised radio astronomy. Despite their construction from static, relatively simple dipoles, the sheer…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-02 A. Chokshi , J. L. B. Line , N. Barry , D. Ung , D. Kenney , A. McPhail , A. Williams , R. L. Webster

The compact configuration of Phase II of the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) consists of both a redundant subarray and pseudo-random baselines, offering unique opportunities to perform sky-model and redundant interferometric calibration.…

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are short timescale (<<1 s) astrophysical radio signals, presumed to be a signature of cataclysmic events of extragalactic origin. The discovery of six high-redshift events at ~1400 MHz from the Parkes radio…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Cathryn M. Trott , Steven J. Tingay , Randall B. Wayth

We have extended our previous work to use the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) as a non-coherent passive radar system in the FM frequency band, using terrestrial FM transmitters to illuminate objects in Low Earth Orbit LEO) and the MWA as…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-16 Steve Prabu , Paul J Hancock , Zhang Xiang , Steven J Tingay

Recently, low frequency, broadband radio emission has been observed accompanying bright meteors by the Long Wavelength Array (LWA). The broadband spectra between 20 and 60 MHz were captured for several events, while the spectral index…

The rapidly increasing number of satellites in Earth's orbit motivates the development of Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capabilities using wide field-of-view sensor systems that can perform simultaneous detections. This work demonstrates…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-10 S. Prabu , P. Hancock , X. Xiang , S. J. Tingay

Deep imaging of structures from the Cosmic Dawn (CD) and the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) in five targeted fields is one of the highest priority scientific objectives for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Selecting 'quiet' fields, which…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-14 Xueying Zhang , Qian Zheng , Linhui Wu , Quan Guo , Stefan W. Duchesne , Mengfan He , Huanyuan Shan , Xiang-ping Wu , Melanie Johnston-Hollitt , Feiyu Zhao , Qingyuan Ma

We present a search, using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), for electromagnetic counterparts to two candidate high energy neutrino events detected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope in 2013 November and 2014 March. These events were…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-06 S. Croft , D. L. Kaplan , S. J. Tingay , T. Murphy , M. E. Bell , A. Rowlinson , S. Adrian-Martinez , M. Ageron , A. Albert , M. Andre , G. Anton , M. Ardid , J. -J. Aubert , T. Avgitas , B. Baret , J. Barrios-Marti , S. Basa , V. Bertin , S. Biagi , R. Bormuth , M. C. Bouwhuis , R. Bruijn , J. Brunner , J. Busto , A. Capone , L. Caramete , J. Carr , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , A. Coleiro , R. Coniglione , H. Costantini , P. Coyle , A. Creusot , I. Dekeyser , A. Deschamps , G. De Bonis , C. Distefano , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , D. Drouhin , T. Eberl , I. El Bojaddaini , D. Elsasser , A. Enzenhofer , K. Fehn , I. Felis , P. Fermani , L. A. Fusco , S. Galata , P. Gay , S. Geisselsoder , K. Geyer , V. Giordano , A. Gleixner , H. Glotin , R. Gracia-Ruiz , K. Graf , S. Hallmann , H. van Haren , A. J. Heijboer , Y. Hello , J. J. Hernandez-Rey , J. Hossl , J. Hofestadt , C. Hugon , C. W James , M. de Jong , M. Kadler , O. Kalekin , U. Katz , D. Kiessling , P. Kooijman , A. Kouchner , M. Kreter , I. Kreykenbohm , V. Kulikovskiy , C. Lachaud , R. Lahmann , D. Lefevre , E. Leonora , S. Loucatos , M. Marcelin , A. Margiotta , A. Marinelli , J. A. Martinez-Mora , A. Mathieu , T. Michael , P. Migliozzi , A. Moussa , C. Mueller , E. Nezri , G. E. Pavalas , C. Pellegrino , C. Perrina , P. Piattelli , V. Popa , T. Pradier , C. Racca , G. Riccobene , K. Roensch , M. Saldana , D. F. E. Samtleben , A. Sanchez-Losa , M. Sanguineti , P. Sapienza , J. Schmid , J. Schnabel , F. Schussler , T. Seitz , C. Sieger , M. Spurio , J. J. M. Steijger , T. Stolarczyk , M. Taiuti , C. Tamburini , A. Trovato , M. Tselengidou , D. Turpin , C. Tonnis , B. Vallage , C. Vallee , V. Van Elewyck , E. Visser , D. Vivolo , S. Wagner , J. Wilms , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zuniga , A. Klotz , M. Boer , A. Le Van Suu , C. Akerlof , W. Zheng

We report the discovery of the first new pulsar with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), PSR J0036$-$1033, a long-period (0.9 s) nonrecycled pulsar with a dispersion measure (DM) of 23.1 ${\rm pc\,cm^{-3}}$. It was found after processing…

[ABRIDGED VERSION] The future of cm and m-wave astronomy lies with the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a telescope under development by a consortium of 17 countries. The SKA will be 50 times more sensitive than any existing radio facility. A…

In this paper we consider the use of wide field of view radar sensors such as the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), a low frequency radio telescope designed for astrophysics and cosmology, for rapid response observations of the debris clouds…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 Wynand Joubert , Steven Tingay

We report the design and functionality of the Murchison Widefield Array Particle Detector Array (MWA PDA), an array of eight particle scintillation detectors deployed to Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory…